Improvement in corsets



SARAH A. BAKE.

Improvement in Corsets.

Patented Nov. 19,1872

In 761d Z" 2' iifzn awed" UNITED STATES SARAH A. DAKE, OF EUREKA,WISCONSIN.

IMPROVEMENT IN CORSETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 133,209, dated November19, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SARAH A. DAKE, of Eureka, in the county of Winnebagoand State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and valuable Improvement ina ()orset and Shirt Supporter; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the constructionand operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawingmaking a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon.

Fig. 1 of the drawingis a representation of a perspective view of myinvention. Figure 2 is a bottom view of the same.

This invention has relation to combined corsets and skirt supporters;and it consists in providing the front of the corset with elastic gores,to adaptit to the form of the wearer.

The novelty consists in the peculiar arrange ment of 'theskirt-supporter wires, as hereinafter described.

As shown in the drawing, the back and sides of the corset are made likea tight-fittin g waist. The back is out about three inches longer thanthe Waist at the. lower part, to form the skirt-supporter A, which isgiven the proper shape by gores at a a. In the edge of theskirt-supporter is inserted the wire B. A single piece of Wire is usedto stiffen the skirtsupporter, and, for this purpose, is bent to formthree continuous semicircular coils. The outer coil, on one side,extends to thefront edge of one corset side, while, on the other side,the inner coil is similarly extended, as shown. The wire is held inplace by sewing a strip or binding over it, and by stitching between thecoils. The front of the corset is constructed by securing to the edge oreyelet strips E the triangular front pieces F, by their middle points g,which are turned outward, the inner edges of said pieces being straightand suitably stiffened, as are the eyelet-strips. The angular spaces,which are left by this construction, between the pieces F and theeyeletstrips are filled by sewing in the triangular gores D D, made ofelastic material, such as strips of rubber braid sewed togetherhorizontally.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- Y Theskirt-supporter A, having the wire 13 arranged in continuous coils andterminating at the front edges of the corset-ends, substantially asspecified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

SARAH ALMIRA DAKE. Witnesses:

N. REDD, J. E. BROWN.

PATENT QFFIGE.

